Paper-weight check-protector.



V. M. SCHMlTZ.

PAPER WEIGHT CHECK PROTECTOR. APPLICATION FILED FEB-6.1915.

Inventor:

Patented Dec. 14, 1915.

VALENTINE SCHMITZ, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PAPER-WEIGHT CHECK-PROTECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec. 14, 1915.

Application filed February a, 1915. Serial No. 6,652.

To all-whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VALENTINE M. Sormrirz, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Paper-Weight CheclcProtector, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to paper weights and check protectors; and the object of the invention is to provide a paper weight so constructed that it can be used to macerate, or otherwise break up the fiber of the paper on which the check is made so that what is written 011 the check can not afterward be altered.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1, is a side elevation of a paper weight check protector constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2, is a central longitudinal section thereof, on the line 22 of Fig. 3; and Fig. 3, is a transverse section, on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

In the drawing like numerals refer to the same parts in each of the views.

In practice I provide a paper weight check protector composed of two parts, 4, and 5, hinged together at 6, in any desired manner, leaving a short portion 17, on one side of the hinged connection and a long portion 18, on the other side thereof whereby said top part can not be swung on the hinged connection a sufficient distance to stand at right angles to the part 4. ,As shown the top, or part 5, is provided with a boss, or cylindrical part 7, through which 7 passes a shaft 8, which passes through the the lateral movement of the part 5.

part 4, is provided with a part 12, having a sides 9, and 10, of the part4. The part 4, is preferably made much thicker, and heavier than the part 5, so as to give considerable weight to the entire device to make the same effective as a paper weight and also to hold the device in a fixed position substantially while the top, or part 5, is being swung on the pivotal, or hinged connection 6. The part 4, is also preferably provided with a recess 11, at the back thereof of a size to inclose the cylindricalboss 7, on the part 5, which is proportioned in length to fit in said recess thereby limitlipg macerating surface 13, composed of teeth, or any desired perforatlng, or macerating construction, and the part 5, has a corresponding part 14, with a macerating, or perforating surface 15, these surfaces being so constructed that theywillcoact in rendering any paper they engage unfit for further writing. As it is desirable to have the paper weight of some size both for the purpose of stability, and also for the purpose of handling, as well as for holding papers, while it is not desirable to macerate a considerable portion of the check, I prefer to not extend the parts 12, and 14, entirely across the device, but limit the width of both, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, so that the part 12, is surrounded at the rear, and on each side by the chamber formed by the recess 11. This permits the part 5, to rest upon the sides 9, and 10, thereby completely concealing the macerating surfaces 13, and 15, from view when not in use.

In order that the device may be readily operated I prefer to mount the part 5, directly upon the sides 9, and 10, and to cut away, or chamfer the under, rear end of the part 5, as shown at 16, so that in pressing down upon the part 17, of the top 5, the part 18, of the top in front of the hinged c011- nection will be swung upward, as illustrated in Fig. 2, thereby making provision for the easy insertion of a check between the maccrating surfaces 13, and 15, while preventing the part 5, being swung entirely open on the hinged connection 6, thereby exposing the macerating surfaces to dirt or extraneous matter, as will be clear. I also prefer to make the top of the part 5, substantially flat, as shown, so it can be struck with the fist to drive the two macerating surfaces together when a check is between them. It will be understood, however, that any configuration of top desired can be used which will not interferewith the forcing of the surfaces 13, and 15, together.

VJhile I have shown the parts 4, and 5, as rectangular in form, and with a plain surface exteriorly, it will be understood that I do not limit myself to the shape of the parts shown, nor to the ornamentation of the same.

I claim:

The herein described paper weight check protector comprising a box having a chamber formed therein and a portion filling a part of the front end of said chamber said portion having a paper macerating surface, a top having a cylindrical boss fitting within said chamber and having a portion with v a macerating surface adapted to coact with the maceratin surface on said portion of the boX, a shaft passing through said cylindrical boss and the sides of said box Where 5 by the top and box are hinged together, the

rear end of said top being cut away Whereby a space is provided to permit of the Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

